The flask
By: Nicky Singer
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9780007438785
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; Magic
Description: Twelve-year-old Jess is grieving for her beloved Aunt Edie, and anxiously awaiting the birth of her twin brothers, when she finds a mysterious glass flask hidden in a desk. The flask is beautiful to Jess, and soon she starts to believe that it contains a magical life-force. When her half-brothers are born critically ill, Jess becomes convinced that their survival depends on what's happening to the flask.